“Paging” is a site-specific, audio-kinetic installation consisting of found objects and motors. Artist Rie Nakajima creates an installation that occupies different corners of the bookshop, with DIY electronic units that she has made from porcelain, paper, string, wire, and wood, etc. Some are vivacious and spirited, others silent and subtle, each unit has a unique character as distinct as each publication on the shelves. While a bookshop usually communicates with its visitors via printed text and visuals, Rie’s work reconstructs the soundscape and ambiance of the shop space in the hopes of connecting with the audience and readers through sound and movement.

Poet Kwan Tin-lam will create poems in response to the exhibits: to the viewing, the listening, and the experience of them. This responsive poetry by Kwan, written in Chinese, will be exhibited in the bookshop and cafe at various times during the exhibition period.